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LOT 2356
Natural History - Fossil Rainbow Shell Ammonite
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 5/8 in. (200 grams, 91 mm).
Displaying iridescence, possibly Beudanticeras sp. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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